Fence



J. OWENS.

(No Model.)

FENCE.

N0. 449,745 Patented Apr. 7, 1891.

gwvamtoz UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIcF.

JAMES OlVENS, OF RUSSELLVILLE, INDIANA.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 449,745, dated April '7, 1891.

Application filed August 19, 1890. Serial No. 362,410. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES OWENS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Russellville, in the county of Putnamand State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fences, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of fences which are capable of repeated use; and it consists in certain details of construction and arrangements of parts, as will be hereinafter more particularly described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof, and on which similar letters of reference indicate similar parts, Figure 1 is a perspective view of several panels of fence embodying my said invention; Fig. 2, a transverse vertical sectional view as seen from the dotted line 2 2 in Fig. 3; Fig. 3, a detail longitudinal sectional view on the dotted line 3 3 in Fig. 2; and Figs. 4 and 5, detail horizontal sectional views, looking. downwardly from the dotted lines l 4 and 5 5 in Fig. 2, respectively.

In said drawings the portions marked A represent the intermediate posts of my improved fence; B, the terminal posts to which the fence is secured; O, the rails of the panels, and D wires which preferably constitute the upper portion of the fence.

The intermediate posts A are unitary structures, portable, and capable of repeated use. Each consists of four parts-viz, a base a, two uprights a and a and a top piece a The uprights a. and a are arranged in A- shaped relation, approaching each other at the upper end and secured at their lower ends to the base a. The top piece a is secured to the upper portions of the uprights a and a and extends above the upper ends of said uprights. It has holes for the passage of the wires D and for a tie for the upper one of said wires, as will be presently described. Its lower end is notched or bifurcated, and the notch thus formed extends down over the upper edges of the ends of the upper rails of the panels, thus securing said panels firmly in position at that point. The base a has a corresponding notch, in which the lower edges of the ends of the lower rails of the panels rest, and whereby they are likewise held to osition. These posts A as a whole rest upon the surface of the ground and are portable. Ordinarily they need no fastenings; but where they do small stakes may be driven alongside and at the ends of their bases.

The end posts B are simply large strong posts set firmly in the ground and secured against the tensile strain of the wires of the fence by braces B or otherwise. Said fencewires and the panels are secured thereto at the ends, and thus the terminal portions of the fence are formed.

The panels 0 are composed of several rails or planks, preferably secured together by cross-bars O, and at the ends the upper and lower edges of the panels enter the notches in the parts a and a respectively. These panels are held together longitudinally by bolting the central rails thereof together, as shown most plainly in Figs. 2 and 5, by bolts 0. V

The fence-wires D are stretched from end to endof the fence, and the lower ones pass through the holes in the top pieces a and are thus supported at intervals throughout their length and secured at proper distances apart. The upper one of said wires passes over the tops of said top pieces and is secured thereto by tie-wires d, which pass through holes in the extreme upper ends of. said top pieces and are wrapped around said fence-wire D at each side, as shown most plainly in Fig. 3. This is an exceedingly simple and effective device for the purpose, and it secures the utilization of the extreme heightof the posts.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by'Letters Patent, is-

The combination, in a fence, with the rails or panels thereof, of intermediate fence-posts composed of a base a, two uprights a and a secured to said base at their bottom ends and extending up and approaching each other at the top, and a top piece a secured to said two uprights at their upper ends and extending above said upper ends, substantially as shown and described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 14th day of August, 1890.

JAMES OIVENS. [L. s]

Witnesses:

CHESTER BRADFORD,

Luna A. Lown. 

